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Adult Gerontology / Family Nurse Practitioner
Job Number: 2024-46889
Category: Healthcare
Location: Worcester, MA
Shift: Day
Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt
Business Unit: UMass Chan Medical School
Department: School - Psychiatry-Adult Division - W833011
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary Grade: 47
Num. Openings: 1
Post Date: Oct. 7, 2024

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION: 

Reporting to the Facility Medical Director, the adult-gerontology/family nurse practitioner (AGNP/FNP) provides comprehensive medical care to adult patients in a psychiatric setting. The patient population served consists of adults with chronic and persistent mental health conditions served by the states mental health authority. Patients have complex bio-psycho-social needs and may be forensically involved.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Provide direct, wholistic medical care care including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care of adult patients in accordance with generally accepted standards of advanced practice nursing and within the scope of practice and licensure.
  • Obtain histories and perform physical examinations
  • Prescribe medications
  • Provide medication monitoring for efficacy and side effects as required by facility protocol
  • Assess patient's capacity for making informed treatment decisions
  • Work collaboratively with psychiatric providers and the multi-disciplinary team to wholistically manage patients and their conditions.
  • Participate in site-based performance improvement and ongoing Joint Commission compliance activities in accordance with job responsibilities
  • Order laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures as clinically indicated
  • Communicate findings in a comprehensive and organized fashion verbally and in writing
  • Make appropriate, timely referrals and initiate treatments based on policies and procedures,
  • Document health problems and plan of care in accordance with record keeping/electronic medical records standards
  • Implement care in a knowledgeable, safe and cost-effective manner, utilizing therapeutic regimens in accordance with established regulations, policies, and procedures
  • Evaluate and document patient progress and response to prescribed interventions
  • Make referrals as necessary to the physician or other health team members
  • Serve as a resource to other professionals or non-professional personnel
  • Perform other duties as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with either an adult-gerontology of family nurse practitioner specialization. Board certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner.
  • Current, unrestricted licensure as a nurse practitioner in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Must have or be able to obtain Federal DEA Registration and be eligible to participate in both Medicare and Medicaid
  • Must have or be able to obtain Massachusetts Controlled Substance Certificate

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